Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An insoluble dark blue pigment and dye, ferric ferrocyanide or one of its modifications.
- noun A moderate to strong blue or deep greenish blue.
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- noun inorganic chemistry An insoluble dark, bright blue
pigment ,ferric ferrocyanide (equivalent toferrous ferricyanide ) - noun A moderate to rich blue colour, tinted with deep greenish blue.
- adjective Of a rich blue colour, tinted with green.
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- noun any of various blue pigments
- noun a dark greenish-blue color
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[From its having been discovered by an 18th-century color-maker in Berlin (then in Prussia).]
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The pigment was discovered in Germany (Prussia at the time) by Diesbach.
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chained_bear commented on the word Prussian blue
Usage/historical note in comment on ultramarine.
January 18, 2017
ruzuzu commented on the word Prussian blue
"The pigment replaced the expensive lapis lazuli and was an important topic in the letters exchanged between Johann Leonhard Frisch and the president of the Royal Academy of Sciences, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, between 1708 and 1716."
-- https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Prussian_blue&oldid=785238123
June 16, 2017
bilby commented on the word Prussian blue
Too many wars in that part of Europe IMO.
June 17, 2017
ruzuzu commented on the word Prussian blue
"Coordination complexes have been known since the beginning of modern chemistry. Early well-known coordination complexes include dyes such as Prussian blue. Their properties were first well understood in the late 1800s, following the 1869 work of Christian Wilhelm Blomstrand."
-- https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Coordination_complex&oldid=829385587
March 30, 2018